Rob, May I Parody You?

[Rob Lang]

Get's my vote.

[koipond]

Seconded.

All in favour!?

[misterecho]

I vote against. Rob is the perfect super villain!

[koipond]

See misterecho, I think that you could do that better.




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[Groffa]

The Misterious E....?

[koipond]

I liked the pun involved there.

[misterecho]

EW

[koipond]

Look, if they're good enough for Shakespeare they're good enough for me.

[Onix]

[Onix]

I'm working on the story and the system. I'm going to start drawing soon but I'll be putting in word bubbles on after I scan the pictures so the specific text will be negotiable for a while still. If anyone wants to point out anything in the text that sounds too American for a Brit to say, let me know.




Cover
Six figures shown, three men three women. In the foreground is the defacto leader of the group Drew who is the classic strong man, he can grow by absorbing matter. Mous is from malaysia he forms hardlight force fields and weapons. Gretta a swedish energy caster. Alex is ultra dense and is nicknamed Tank. Chloe is a flyer and is reasonably tough and strong. Rachel is able to read energy patterns and does not know at first that she can manipulate energy patterns.

Page 1
Panel 1 View through Binoculars. A spidery robot is the focus.
Voice 1 "Yeah, they're here."
Voice 2 "We're really going to do this?"

Panel 2 Drew lowering the binoculars with a big grin and Chloe standing next to him
Drew "Of course we are Chloe! We're superheros!"
Chloe "We're freaks that a nutcase experimented on."

Panel 3 Pic of Mous with his finger pointed up chiding Cloe
Mous "Actually, Dr. Lang was a respected scientist, controversial yes but the robots that attacked the University of Reading prove that his story was true and our powers prove that his theories are valid."

Panel 4 Pic of Tank
Tank (word bubble is dark rimmed as his voice is very deep) "I don't care if you guys are coming, I'm gonna go break something!"

Page 2
Panel 1 Inset from page. Pic of Rachel talking to Chloe
Rachel "Yeah? But why us?"

Panel 2 Fills rest of page. Team moving into action.

Page 3
this page is a 1 by 3 by 1

Panel 1 Chloe flying. Below are a number of robots an old farmhouse is nearby. There are a lot of robots
Chloe "But why are they attacking here?"

Panel 2 Drew smashing a robot who to him is only up to his waist.

Panel 3 Mous stabbing a robot with a hard light buckler style blade.

Panel 4 Gretta blasting two robots

Panel 5 A group of the robots turn and fire

Page 4
Panel 1 Drew picking up a robot to shield himself from the attacks.

Panel 2 Mous making a hardlight shield for him and Gretta but it cracks in multiple places as it is hit

Panel 3 Tank getting shot multiple times, his shirt burns and has holes.
Tank "That kinda tickles. Hey guys wait up for me!"

Panel 4 Rachel crouched behind a large rock. A disembodied head of Rob appears above her.
Rob "Rachel!"
Rachel "Eek! What? We're being shot at!
Rob "Okay be careful then. I think I know why they're attacking here. One of the residents of the house is the sister of a U.S. Senator. I think the attack is supposed to psychologically effect the Senator."
Rachel "So? What do we do?"
Rob "Don't let anyone die."
Rachel "HOW DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING!?!"
Rob "Hey, don't yell at me, I'm just trying to tell you what I figured out."

Page 5
Panel 1 Several spider robots face each other in a ring and emit some kind of energy. a dark object is formed in the middle.

Panel 2 A giant spidery leg steps out of the darkness.

Panel 3 A monster robot emerges from the dark portal.

Panel 4 Drew looking up with a big grin.
Drew "Now this is getting good!"

Panel 5 Drew drawing matter into himself and growing
Drew "Two can play the giant game!"

Page 6

Panel 1 Drew three times his original size but is still much smaller than the monster robot punching one of the legs.


Panel 2 Behind the head view of Rachel looking at the robot from behind the rock.

Rachel "They'll never beat it unless I tell them about it's weak spots"

Panel 3 Rachel's vision of the monster robot's energy pattern and the weak spot..

Panel 4 Rachel running up behind Tank who is smashing small robots.
Rachel "Ohmygodohmygodohmygod!"
Tank "What are you doing girl? It's dangerous out here!"

Panel 5 Rachel pointing over Tank's shoulder
Rachel "You have to hit that thing right there!"

Page 7
Panel 1 The group all fighting the robots.
Narrator "Now you finish the story!"

Some system notes I scribbled down
Attributes
Characters get 2-3 attributes that define their special abilities. For example a character that is strong has an attribute called Strength. All other abilities are considered normal for that person and so are defined by their Normal. If the character that is strong tries to move quickly, and he doesn't have a Speed attribute, then his Normal would be used.

Some examples of Attributes
Strength
Endurance
Speed
Intelligence
Perception
Dexterity
Agility
Charisma
Beauty
Will

Scales

Still working on this.

Pics 1d6 Feeble
2d6 Weak
3d6 Average
4d6 Above Average
5d6
6d6 Normal Human Limit
7d6 Augmented Human
8d6
9d6
10d6
11d6
12d6

Attacks
There are three different ways to attack. The first is where all of the attack is used to do damage. The second is where half of the attack is meant to do damage and half is used to lower an opponent's attribute. The third is when all of the attack is used to lower an opponent's attribute. An attack can be made with any attribute. For example a character with a high Intelligence could use it to attack another player's Intelligence. If the attack is successful the defender becomes confused and may not be able to think clearly until the effects wear off.

Pic of Str being used to lower an opponent's Str

Pic of speed being used to lower an opponent's Str

Defense
A character can use one of their attributes to defend themselves against attack. If the character has a Speed attribute they can use it to avoid attacks. If they have an Endurance Attribute, they can use it to reduce the effect of an attack on them. The Player must be able to explain how that attribute will be used to defend against an attack.

Pics "I'll use my Speed to avoid being hit!"

Pics "I'll use my Endurance to take the hit."

Pics "I'll use my Agility to deflect the attack."

Pics "I'll use my Intelligence to protect from his Strength attack." Narr "How?" "I discuss the futility of violence and reason how he can become a kind and compassionate person" Narr "no that would be Charisma. He hits you anyway".